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In CE Lua, how to do an aobscan within a memory range?

 
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 8:46 am    Post subject: In CE Lua, how to do an aobscan within a memory range? Reply with quote

In CE Lua, how to do an aobscan within a memory range? Say, I want to search after 0x10000000.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 11:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

To use a memory range in lua I think you'd need to use a memscan object and the firstScan function, here's an example using the tutorial (nops step 2 code): https://www.dropbox.com/s/6a5m3ir24ic67c7/aob%20memscan%20in%20range%20with%20disableInfo.CT?dl=0
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 1:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

FreeER wrote:
To use a memory range in lua I think you'd need to use a memscan object and the firstScan function, here's an example using the tutorial (nops step 2 code): https://www.dropbox.com/s/6a5m3ir24ic67c7/aob%20memscan%20in%20range%20with%20disableInfo.CT?dl=0


Thanks for the example.

I use the following code to perform an AOBScan, but it always returns 0:
Code:

local ms = createMemScan()
   local AOB = "EB 81 C4 B5 C4 D1 A4 55 00"
   local startAddress = getAddress(process)
   local stopAddress = startAddress + getModuleSize(process)
   ms.firstScan(soExactValue, vtByteArray, nil, AOB, nil, startAddress, stopAddress,
                             "", nil, nil , true, nil, nil, nil)
   ms.waitTillDone()
   local fl = createFoundList(ms)
   fl.initialize()
   print(fl.Count) <---------fl.Count is always 0
   fl.destroy()
   ms.destroy()


This code always print out "0". I am sure the AOB string is correct, because I can use it to find the result I want by using the built-in AOB scan of CE.
So what is the problem? Sad

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 1:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hm, that seems correct so the best I can suggest is double checking the start and stop addresses and making sure that the address you get from the built-in AOB is actually in that range...
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 2:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

are you sure that the AOB is inside the executable?
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 7:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dark Byte wrote:
are you sure that the AOB is inside the executable?


@FreeER @Dark Byte

Actually I am not sure if the AOB is inside the executable, it's not a static address. So how do I search that address range? Say, if the address is 0x10000000, how do I assign this address to firstscan function as a parameter?

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 7:38 pm    Post subject: This post has 1 review(s) Reply with quote

Dr.Disrespect wrote:
Say, if the address is 0x10000000, how do I assign this address to firstscan function as a parameter?


Just set the start address to that value and stopAddress to whatever you want.

Code:
local startAddress = 0x10000000
local stopAddress = startAddress + 0x2000
-- scans 0x2000 bytes starting from 0x1000000
-- you could also set the stopAddress to the default the CE builtin uses
-- 0x7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF I think, though it might be all Fs


You don't need them to be variables by the way, you could just as easily use

Code:

   ms.firstScan(soExactValue, vtByteArray, nil, "EB 81 C4 B5 C4 D1 A4 55 00", nil, 0x10000000, 0x30000000,
                             "", nil, nil , true, nil, nil, nil)
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 19, 2017 7:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

FreeER wrote:
Dr.Disrespect wrote:
Say, if the address is 0x10000000, how do I assign this address to firstscan function as a parameter?


Just set the start address to that value and stopAddress to whatever you want.

Code:
local startAddress = 0x10000000
local stopAddress = startAddress + 0x2000
-- scans 0x2000 bytes starting from 0x1000000
-- you could also set the stopAddress to the default the CE builtin uses
-- 0x7FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF I think, though it might be all Fs


You don't need them to be variables by the way, you could just as easily use

Code:

   ms.firstScan(soExactValue, vtByteArray, nil, "EB 81 C4 B5 C4 D1 A4 55 00", nil, 0x10000000, 0x30000000,
                             "", nil, nil , true, nil, nil, nil)


Thanks a lot, it worked. Smile +Rep

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